Cloud Computing Research SDE- Microsoft Research Asia-Shanghai Job (Shanghai, CN)

Cloud Computing Research Software Development Engineer
Location: Shanghai

MSRA is working closely with STB (Server and Tools Business/China)/China on customer-driven research projects in the Cloud/Azure space. Those projects are derived from key customers of STB/C (Server and Tools Business/China), typically involving the processing and management of large-scale data, and will strategically leveraging both Microsoft’s core assets as well as open source components.

This position is in Shanghai Zi Zhu Campus, co-locating with STB/C, but may require travel to the Beijing campus. The candidate will directly report Cloud Computing Principle Researcher of MSRA.

Job Qualifications:
• A MS or PhD degree in Computer Science, ideally in system/distributed system fields
• Demonstrated capability in building large-scale distributed systems
• Core attributes of a research mindset: curious, passionate and eager to learn
• Core attributes of a system research mindset: pragmatic and elegant problem solving skills, love to build systems
• Strong written and communication skills; adept in cross-team collaboration
• 1 or 2 years of industrial experience desired, but not a core requirements

Job Requirements:
Work with researchers in System Group of MSRA, interns and STB/C colleagues; ability to manage, drive and execute multiple parallel projects across multiple virtual teams; ability to directly communicate with end customers.

Desirable Skills:
1. Experience with research projects a plus.
2. Experience with OS internals, compilers, Python, .NET, Java and distributed system
3. Familiarity with Hadoop a strong plus

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer and supports workforce diversity.
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